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I value intelligent posts and good journalism. History nerd. Artist Podcaster Documentary film maker Educator/coach/trainer eLearning designer I also like sarcasm, silliness and your pet photos.

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Replace the wreckage with one national rights framework protecting every Australian from every form of racial and religious hatred, equally. No envoys. No favourites. No exceptions." Segal part 2 by Andrew Brown #auspol michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-st...
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The Segal State, Part 2: the mask, the children, the money and the answer - Michael West
Anthony Albanese built an unelected censorship apparatus for antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal without a vote, a bill or a debate
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"a managerial, cautious, poll-driven approach to politics, and timidity. Raising money and the compromises that go with it, including on gambling, have supplanted listening to the party membership ...Labor has disenfranchised its natural constituencies." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
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What is the point of power without purpose?
The ALP Conference this week will be carefully managed, but Labor’s deeper problem is a hollowed-out party increasingly driven by factions, polling and caution.
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This will always be my Sam. I’ve already had a couple of cries today. Of all the millennia, I’m glad I got to live on this planet at the same time as him.
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Politically astute Binfaces are not new. From Australia, we wish Count Binface all the best.
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I Am Gerard Thomas @iamgerardthomas.com · 30/04/2026
Our mortgage, in Australia, could very well go up in the next few days. All because of the 'war' the orange baboon and his fascist cohort started. So fuck you #America and fuck you to the 33% of #Americans that voted for him, and the 33% that didn't vote at all, handing him the job. #uspol
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Abby Martin Went To Israel. IT'S WORSE Than You Think
YouTube video by Double Down News
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
In 330BCE Alexander the ‘Great’ razed this city to the ground for shits and giggles. What’s left is still glorious and beautiful. The people are too. 🕊️
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
David Pope in Canberra Times
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Australia needs a new form of political parties, maybe new form of government. We fail to properly tax our imported & finite resources, but we get almost free & very good health care. At same time we hv a housing & energy cost crisis, crippling debt. We cd & shd be doing better.
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Nick McKim @nickmckim.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Labor has sanctioned Mehreen Faruqi for holding up a sign in the Senate, but won’t sanction Israel for its genocide in Gaza. It’s like peaceful activism is worse than murdering countless Palestinian babies.
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
No one on here seems to have considered the next phase in this sordid Epstein saga is that Murdoch switches to Vance and destroys Trump. Republicans can purge themselves of Trump while still gaining all the anti democratic stuff he’s helped them do.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 26/06/2025
“If you win the lottery, Who Wants to be a Millionaire or The Block, you don’t pay tax on your prize money. "Win the Stella Prize for writing by Australian women, and you pay tax. "Win the Archibald prize for painting, pay tax." Read more ⤵ australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-cos...
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The costly double standard of winning a cash prize in Australia - The Australia Institute
New analysis from The Australia Institute reveals a costly double standard for those who win cash prizes in Australia.
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Bernard Keane @keanebernard.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The American empire is in accelerating decline, exposing vassal states like Australia to increasing global chaos and violence. How is Australia's political establishment coping? Not too well. www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/19/d...
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Chaos, violence and war become the norm as the US empire collapses
The US is now the main agent of global chaos. How should Australia's policymakers respond?
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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Pacific Rim countries say no to U.S.-China war
As the U.S. pushes Pacific Rim allies to ramp up military spending for a possible war with China, a new campaign asks: at what cost and for whose benefit?
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eric anders @ericanders.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Insane scenes in Downtown Los Angeles as the cops open fire indiscriminately on people milling about. The cops shattered a business’s windows while firing on a live-streaming journalist. Keep this in mind when people talk about the protesters causing property destruction. 🎥 : AXN News on YouTube
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This is depressingly good #auspol > www.lastplaceonearth.com.au/the-wa-disea...
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The WA Disease
The derivative function of Albanese’s Labor
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
A little over 16 years ago, Murray Watt in his first speech to the Qld Parliment opines about environmental sustainability.
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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
So massive election win, coalition falls apart, interest rates drop. Time for courage, @albomp.bsky.social.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Sussan Ley has always looked for a political narrative - the only one which has remained consistent is she doesn’t truly believe in anything. Which makes her perfect to lead the leftover Liberals www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Sussan Ley is yet to make her mark in 24 years in politics
Sussan Ley the politician has shown she’ll offer up whatever helps her own survival.  That’s one way to ensure she’s not holding it for long.
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Frank Bongiorno on the Liberal bloodbath insidestory.org.au/are-the-libe...
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Are the Liberals in danger of becoming the Kodak of Australian politics? • Frank Bongiorno
The party is taking a long time to understand its plight
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
ABC talking about LNP losing more to the Teals. Why can’t they see that the real loser tonight is Nazis? No one wants Australia to be a nazi bar. Right leaning people have spoken.
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I was gonna go keto from tomorrow. Looks like the whole nation is. 🤣🤣🤣 🥔🔪
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 30/04/2025
Australia needs an independent foreign policy with its own MAGA movement – “Make America Go Away”. #auspol
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The US has never been a reliable ally of Australia
The US is not, and has never been, a reliable ally of Australia.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
F**k off. Victorians hate you. We will never forgive you. First I was to scared to go to restaurant’s. Now you’re telling me I’m too scared to go to Bunnings too. You are such an absolute tosser. Never speak for Victorians. Only thing we’re scared of is you as our next PM.
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Eric Bananarama @ericbanana.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
As part of its housing policy, the LNP Coalition has come up with two of the most ridiculed public policy efforts in Australian history, which is quite an achievement. By Alan Kohler. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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The tradie problem fuelling the housing crisis needs more than a quick fix
The policies of both parties designed to increase housing supply are fine — they're just nowhere near enough.
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I’m so sick of politicians doing pressers with two or more silent, nodding women standing behind them. Do your presser alone. Let the women get on with the work or hand the microphone to them.
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Met a rare US tourist couple yesterday. From Idaho with a holiday house in Florida. It became clear they’ve swallowed the MAGA bullshit. He was very interested in my perception of our compulsory voting system. He got schooled.
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Does anyone have a list of which LNP candidates have put out that Christi-fascist statement? So far I’m aware of Hamer, Yung & Dutton. Are there others? #ausvotes
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aussiesewerrat @aussiesewerrat.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I'd laugh at the idiot trying to explain why they tariff us but it seems they want Australia to help pay the US debt and the only complaint is again our beef. #auspol
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
"Video casts doubt on Israeli account of Gaza medic killings", says the BBC. Most western legacy media similar. Still can't bring themselves to state the obvious: "Massacre of aid workers - Israeli authorities cover up yet another war crime". www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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Video casts doubt on Israeli account of Gaza medic killings
The video was published by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), which said it was obtained from the phone of a paramedic who was killed.
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
duttons back on track video add precedes this 😅https://youtu.be/aIGKCkS01EA?si=YbuJVy4lN6Ysgz5d
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The Baddest MP: Dutton
YouTube video by friendlyjordies
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Kernot says her experience in 2001 formed her view of Dutton’s style of politics “He’s just a natural head kicker,” she says. “And I think the one thing that frustrates me most about his rise to where he is, is that he’s got there without any massive scrutiny of his policy. #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Amy’s first column for New Daily www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Dutton is finally being tested this election, and he's not passing
Maybe the first time in his political career, Peter Dutton is being tested. And so far he doesn’t seem to be passing.
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03... Needs a read
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We're at a turning point in world history but our leaders are distracted
While Australian politicians argue about power bill relief and non-existent nuclear power stations, pressing issues like the great US retreat, global warming and AI are being ignored.
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signtst @signtst.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
#auspol Well done Angus. Great job.
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
We need more Jon Ossoffs in the Democratic Party. This is just fantastic.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Welp, there goes the US defense industry.
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
This is exactly how Australia’s major parties work #auspol
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Cheryl Kernot @cherylkernot.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Cyclone Alfred and the real cost of Dutton’s public service cuts
The involvement of the public service in the aftermath of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred underscores the reality of the Coalition’s promise to cut 36,000 people from government departments.
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I met someone today who thinks positively of Gina Rinehart. I genuinely didn’t know such people exist.
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Shiannon Corcoran @shiannonc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I’m calling it for what it is Spud is NOT remotely associated with conservativism on any level. He is rejected by the old guard & moderates as he moves further to the right He is a racist far-right supporter of Trumpism, hate, division & culture wars He does it 4 power, control & bec he LIKES it
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Utterly appalled by the performance I just watched of the Oval Office. KILL AUKUS NOW. ….and win an election in the process.
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AliceK - globalise the innitafucker @coalisdead.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
A novel idea.. politicians should not be allowed to lie to the public they serve Our duopoly, & much of the rest, would not survive a truthful ecosystem
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
ABC RN Breakfast commentary panel now pushing the tabloid media narrative that Labor is wrong to criticise Dutton, claiming no wrongdoing has been proved. Dutton is suspected of insider trading re his purchase of bank shares a day before the Rudd Govt's bank bail-out. #auspol #AusVotes2025
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Wilcox nails it
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AM @artgra.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Edenhope Arts Residency. October 2024. Studies for paintings.
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